# MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FLAME RETARDANCY OF SEBS-BASED COMPOSITES FILLED WITH ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE

> Title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FLAME RETARDANCY OF SEBS-BASED COMPOSITES FILLED WITH ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE Page Range: p.423-430 Author(s): Kibble K A; Xiao W File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume:...

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Published: 2008-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FLAME RETARDANCY OF SEBS-BASED COMPOSITES FILLED WITH ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE**
 Page Range: p.423-430
 Author(s): Kibble K A; Xiao W
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 16
 Issue No: No.7

**Abstract**
 The flame retardancy and mechanical properties of composites consisting of blends of oil-filled styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS) and polypropylene (PP) containing aluminium hydroxide (ATH) or ATH treated with a silane coupling agent (m-ATH) as a flame-retardant filler were examined. A maleic anhydride-grafted SEBS (MA-SEBS) was used as a polymer modifier in some cases. The flame retardancy of the composites improved whereas their tensile strength and elongation at break (EAB) fell with increasing contents of ATH or m-ATH. When the oil-filled SEBS (O-SEBS) was partially replaced with MA-SEBS, the tensile strength of the composites increased but their EAB decreased. Simultaneous replacements of O-SEBS with MA-SEBS and of ATH with m-ATH improved the tensile strength of the composites significantly. Scanning electron microscopy studies showed that the bonding at the particle-matrix interface was improved by the addition of MA-SEBS. 22 refs.

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